♛ 04 - Plucking

[wishmadeinfire.livejournal.com]

[If you're walking through the garden, one might hear the faint plucking tunes of a stringed instrument (sounding like this), an upbeat tempo that at the same time would have been at home in a more formal occasion for a polite dance, but fit the atmosphere of the garden well if one was out for a simple stroll. 

And if one followed the sounds, they'd find Ashura seated in a small area on a large pillow, a stringed instrument in his lap, fingers plucking along with a sure familiarity, though they lacked some of the smoother grace of one who played such a thing for a profession. And sitting beside him, forgotten as he concentrated on his playing, was his journal and a feather pen, so the music was free to float through the magic system. Whoops.]

If you can, meet me in the gardens some time this afternoon, or later this evening in the library. Just let me know when you can make it.

[ooc: Journal and actiony! Taking a nice relaxing break after the big fights. Whee]

Comments

[wishmadeinfire.livejournal.com]

Finding the solution is the hard part. And even then, going through with it is even harder.

[i-barnabas.livejournal.com]

Sometimes there is no solution. People are what they are. Perhaps destruction is simply in our nature and that cannot be changed.

[wishmadeinfire.livejournal.com]

Perhaps, though in my case we did know the cause, if no longer understood the reasons.

[i-barnabas.livejournal.com]

Forgive me if I have caused offense. I didn't mean to imply that you, personally, were destructive. I was thinking in the abstract.
[Lies. He was totally thinking of himself.]

I tend to get rather carried away with philosophizing on occasion.

[wishmadeinfire.livejournal.com]

Oh, no, I took no offense, I was just making an observation about myself - or rather the war.

I find it charming, the philosophizing.

[i-barnabas.livejournal.com]

[Chuckles] I'm glad it doesn't irritate you; it does tend to have that affect on some people.

[wishmadeinfire.livejournal.com]

Sometimes it's nice to have a friendly argument-discussion.

[i-barnabas.livejournal.com]

Indeed. I find that the art of conversation has become all too rare.

[wishmadeinfire.livejournal.com]

It's still quite alive in my country. In fact, if you can't hold conversation well, you're doomed in the political circles.

[i-barnabas.livejournal.com]

Perhaps that's the case in my country as well, I really wouldn't know. I'm not really part of the political circles.

I find that people are often in too much of a rush with their own business to hold extended conversations.

[wishmadeinfire.livejournal.com]

A shame. A good conversation can brighten one's day considerably.

[i-barnabas.livejournal.com]

And your conversation has brightened mine. But I don't want to hold you up any longer, Ashura.

It has been a pleasure speaking to you.

[wishmadeinfire.livejournal.com]

Indeed, it has Barnabas.

I hope we can meet in person soon ~

[i-barnabas.livejournal.com]

I hope so too.

Good evening.